- In Project, effort driven scheduling…means a task's total work stays the same…as you add or remove resources.…It's the norm because you often add resources…to get work done in a shorter duration.…But meetings are one common example…of tasks that don't use effort driven scheduling.…Meetings don't get shorter…when you add people to the attendee list.…In this case, the duration stays the same,…so the total work increases.…Let's take a look at how effort driven scheduling works.…

I'm gonna select the Identify physical requirements task.…It has a 20-day duration.…The project manager is assigned full time,…so the 20 days equates to 160 hours of work.…The Effort driven checkbox is turned on…so this task is set up to be effort driven.…I'm gonna add the Relo Assistant to this task,…and that's where effort driven kicks in.…I'm adding a resource to the task.…I select the blank Resource Name cell,…click the down arrow,…and choose Relo Assistant.…

Then I click OK.…What happens is Project assigns the Assistant full time,…and divides the 160 hours of work…

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2/23/2015

Master Microsoft® Project and manage your projects more efficiently and successfully. In this detailed course, project management expert Bonnie Biafore shows how to use Microsoft Project to schedule and manage projects both large and small. Learn how to set up projects, add and link tasks, assign resources, fix scheduling issues, deal with resource conflicts, and track project progress. The course also covers examining project performance with views and reports, and communicating with teams by sharing projects in different formats.